Roundtable Recording

If you were unable to attend the Roundtable, the recording is available below. If you are a grieving parent, then we hope you’ll find comfort and encouragement from viewing. And if you are someone who has not lost a child, learning from those who are bereaved parents will help you know how to better help a grieving friend.

Questions and Time Signatures

1. What is the worst thing to say and the best thing to say to a bereaved parent? (17:55)

2. How can someone help their grieving friend? What can they do to help? (24:10)

3. How can a bereaved parent deal with anger, guilt, and loneliness? How do we deal with all of the emotions that we are going through? (30:00)

4. Conversation about friends and family understanding and finding deep friendships with other bereaved parents (45:00)

5. How can I relate to friends and family who are sharing struggles that seem so shallow compared to what I'm going through? (51:29)

6. My heart is hurting four years later. Am I going to always hurt this badly? Will I always be grieving? (56:20)

7. Why does a loving God allow so much pain and suffering? (1:05:00)

8. What are some things that we can do on our child's birthday and Heaven day? (1:10:17)

9. What is the best way to help a struggling spouse deal with the loss? What are the differences in how mothers and fathers grieve? (1:15:52)

10. How do we help grieving siblings? What can I say or do to help my surviving children? (1:22:00)

11. How do I convey my grief to our church leadership? What do pastors need to understand about parents who are grieving the loss of a child? Are there specific things we can share and what can we ask from our church leadership? (1:43:35)

12. A few books and scriptures shared for grieving parents...(1:52:08)

Discussion Leaders